Re: draft public comment for OWL last call from RIF

Given ensuing discussion I am OK with this as the response to OWL:

Dave Reynolds wrote:
> We have reviewed the OWL choices for the XML schema datatypes and have 
> found them acceptable for RIF with one major exception, and some minor 
> ones.
> 
> Our primary concern is that we do not see how we can work with the 
> redefinition of xsd numeric datatypes with overlapping (non-disjoint) 
> value spaces.  While we all agreed the idea of e.g. "1.0"^^xsd:double 
> and "1"^^xsd:decimal being the same entity makes sense, RIF adds a set 
> of builtin functions and predicates to its chosen xsd's and these are 
> based on a wide implementation base that assume disjointness of xsd 
> value spaces.  Breaking these implementations would negatively impact 
> interchange and significantly raise the "barrier to entry".
> 
> Of lesser concern we do not see value for our user base in adopting 
> owl:rational but note that is already At Risk in the current OWL2 
> drafts. We also do not see value in requiring support for the string 
> subtypes xsd:normalizedString, xsd:token, xsd:Name, xsd:NCName and 
> xsd:NMTOKEN.  


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